Our Lives Magazine

Our Lives Magazine Wisconsin’s source for LGBTQ news + people + community + culture since 2007

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At 80, longtime Milwaukee le***an community leader Donna Burkett, speaking from the spartan environment of her room at t...
09/18/2026

At 80, longtime Milwaukee le***an community leader Donna Burkett, speaking from the spartan environment of her room at the Milwaukee VA hospital, shares over and over with me variations of the elemental lesson of a life extremely well-lived. “When you show love,” she offers in a deep, sonorous voice filled with loving kindness and compassion, “you get love back.”

READ MORE: https://ourliveswisconsin.com/article/donna-burkett/

For more than two decades, Ritchie T. Martin, Jr., has led transformative work across public health and human services i...
09/16/2026

For more than two decades, Ritchie T. Martin, Jr., has led transformative work across public health and human services in cities including Houston, Austin, Chicago, Kansas City, and Milwaukee. Throughout his career, his focus has remained consistent: building equitable systems that integrate health, housing, and social services in ways that are accessible, sustainable, and rooted in dignity.

READ MORE: https://ourliveswisconsin.com/article/2026-pride-in-color-the-convener/

Skincare is not usually the first thing people think of when discussing activism or community advocacy, but for me, they...
09/14/2026

Skincare is not usually the first thing people think of when discussing activism or community advocacy, but for me, they go hand-in-hand. I created Feelings Skincare Studio to be a space I could never find growing up in the Milwaukee suburbs: Somewhere my q***r Muslim brown-skinned self would feel comfortable getting support for my chronic skin conditions. Most professional skincare services are centered around wealthy, white, thin, cis women and their skincare needs, concerns, desires, budget, spa wear, assumed pronouns, and even practitioner training. I believe that skincare is health care, and that access is vital for marginalized people of all backgrounds. - Fatima Arain

READ MORE: https://ourliveswisconsin.com/article/2026-pride-in-color-the-caretaker/

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